My Take
I have a real soft spot for Dirk Benedict — the guy who managed to anchor not one but two of the most beloved cult TV franchises of his era. As Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica, he had this effortless swagger that made the character genuinely fun to watch, and then he turned around and did it again as the charming con-man Face in The A-Team, proving it was no fluke. A Whitman College-educated kid from Helena, Montana who became a bonafide 1980s TV icon is a story I'll always find quietly impressive. He's also written books and done stage work, which tells me there's more going on beneath the easy-grin surface than most people give him credit for.
Overview
Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series and Templeton "Face" Peck in The A-Team television series. He is the author of Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy and And Then We Went Fishing.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dirk Benedict
- Name (Japanese)
- ダーク・ベネディクト
- Reading
- だーく・べねでぃくと
- Born
- March 1, 1945 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Helena, Montana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / stage actor / film actor / screenwriter / theatre director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Whitman College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.